The Broxton Police Department arrested two individuals for possession of ecstasy last week. One of the subjects officers apprehended was out on bond from a previous arrest, also for ecstasy possession. According to a release posted on the Broxton Police Department’s Facebook page on Jan. 18, Broxton police officers conducted a...

Walter "Rusty" Wright was found guilty today of felony murder regarding the death of Oletha Brady. The trial began on Wednesday, January 16, and was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney John Rumker with Judge Andy Spivey presiding over the proceedings. The evidence showed that shortly before 1 am on May...

Friday afternoon, a jury convicted Walter Russell "Rusty" Wright of felony murder in the death of Oletha Brady, 57, who was found shot to death inside the residence at 6280 Highway 32 West, Lot 4, on May 13, 2017. Wright had been charged with malice murder, felony murder, and possession...

By Brandon Miller Coffee High’s history on the gridiron is littered with great players. Invariably, when people talk about the greatest Trojans, they often go back to the 70’s and early to mid-80’s. The story here, however, is about Coffee High’s most recent high flyer -- Jameon Gaskin, two-time All-State linebacker...

Melinda McSwain, 46, of Broxton, has been indicted on murder charges in the 1991 disappearance of Sabrina Long in Macon, according to a story published last week in The Macon Telegraph. Officers from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested McSwain in October on charges related to Long’s disappearance, a case...

At the first county commission meeting of 2019, commissioners named Jimmy Kitchens as commission chair and Johnny Wayne Jowers as vice chair. “I’d like to thank Mr. Dovers for the work he’s done for the past year. He’s a young guy and he took over and he’s done real well...